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Configurable point of interest alerts

  • US 9,341,479 B2
  • Filed: 03/05/2013
  • Issued: 05/17/2016
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/05/2013
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A computer program product, comprising:

  • a non-transitory computer-readable storage device having computer-executable program instructions embodied thereon that when executed by a computer cause the computer to deliver server-controlled point of interest alerts to user computing devices, the computer-executable program instructions comprising;

    computer-executable program instructions to receive initial user account configuration from a user computing device;

    computer-executable program instructions to establish a database of points of interest for the user account and one or more offers associated with one or more of the points of interest;

    computer-executable program instructions to receive location data from a user computing device associated with the user account;

    computer-executable program instructions to search the database for points of interest proximate to the user computing device based on the location data and the one or more offers associated with the points of interest;

    computer-executable program instructions to transmit point of interest data to the user computing device, the point of interest data comprising at least a portion of a point of interest identity, a point of interest location, and point of interest marketing data for each of a plurality of points of interest in a point of interest zone defined by the computer, wherein the point of interest zone is determined based at least in part on the location data associated with the user computing device;

    computer-executable program instructions to receive an identification of a particular point of interest at such time as the user computing device enters within a configured range of the particular point of interest;

    computer-executable program instructions to identify an alert procedure associated with the point of interest;

    computer-executable program instructions to determine the alert format for an alert associated with the particular point of interest based at least in part on the alert procedure; and

    computer-executable program instructions to transmit the alert format and the point of interest data for the alert associated with the particular point of interest.

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